Pocket 0

You are given the choice of two gates to pick from:
Gate to Acidic Cloud (18km)
Gate to Patrol Area (18km)

Pocket 1a (Acidic Cloud):

Empty pocket, no spawn.
Ship receives damage of unknown type every second.
Area deals enough damage to reduce my Rattlesnake's almost perfect passive tank (I have T1 Defense Field Purgers instead of T2, and level 4 in the shield compensation skills) to 56% (stable) by the time I fly to the next gate.
Gate to Pirate Base ~ 40k away.
Gate to Entrance ~ 6k away.